Hatching Batch 1 Chick Update

[GlicksChicks]

04/15/24: Chicks are 4 Weeks Old.

These are my chicks from my first ever batch hatched. Their father is a Buckeye and their mothers are Silver Laced Wyandottes, Speckled Sussex, and Black Copper Marans.

This thread will be to show updates on how this batch is doing and to track their growths. New updates will be posted each week on Mondays. Stay tuned for more chick pictures and discussions!

They are all growing nicely and out if the 12 I believe only 4 are cockerels, so that is a good ratio.

I am surprised that I could get them to stand for a picture. Which chick is your favorite of them all?

 

[TwoCrows]

Very pretty chicks, ❤ all of them!

 

[GlicksChicks]

Very pretty chicks, ❤ all of them!

Thank you! They are growing quite nicely!

 

[N F C]

They are all adorable! Which one is your favorite?

 

[GlicksChicks]

They are all adorable! Which one is your favorite?

My favorite is the white one, his name is Snow! He has such pretty coloration. It is a shame that I won't be keeping the cockerels from my hatching.

 

[N F C]

My favorite is the white one, his name is Snow! He has such pretty coloration. It is a shame that I won't be keeping the cockerels from my hatching.

He does have pretty coloring, I bet he grows up into a really handsome guy.

 

[GlicksChicks]

He does have pretty coloring, I bet he grows up into a really handsome guy.

I bet so! I will keep updates going on these guys! I take a picture of every chick each Monday. (Except for my buff orpingtons and sex links because they weren't hatched, I bought them to add new breeds/genetics to my flock.)

 

[MountainWoman73]

What fun! My favorite is the little brownish guy in picture #10.

 

[GlicksChicks]

What fun! My favorite is the little brownish guy in picture #10.

She is definitely one of my favorites! Her name is Kiss because of her chocolate brown coloration!

 

[GlicksChicks]

04/22/24 Chick Update! 5 Weeks Old

Here is an update of my first ever batch of chicks I hatched. They are currently 5 weeks old and are growing nicely!

I believe I have 5 or 6 cockerels in the batch, which we cannot keep, so those will have to go to a new home.

I am happy with their growth, one of the cockerels are out-growing my buff orpingtons who are around a week older than them! I think he will be a big one.

My plans at the moment are to keep these chicks in the brooder until they are 8 weeks old, the earliest I can deworm them. Then I will deworm them and then put them in an enclosed area in my big chicken coop and let them get used to eachother for a week or two and then integrate them together.

Does anyone have any tips for integration of these chicks?